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Ross Lydall

Ulez expansion forces choice between heating and eating or getting around, mayor warned

London’s Low Emission Zone is due to expand across the city from August, hitting drivers with an extra £12.50-per-day living cost

(Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire)

Londoners may have to go hungry or switch off the heating to afford the £12.50-a-day ultra-low emission zone levy, Sadiq Khan has been warned.

Paul Osborn, the Tory leader of Harrow council, claimed the Ulez expansion to the Greater London boundary would have a “devastating” impact on low-income Londoners unable to upgrade their car.

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